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Apr 29, 2024 · This framework of sphere transgressions draws on political philosopher Michael Walzer’s theory of justice and the idea of complex equality developed in his book, Spheres of Justice (1983). According to Walzer, societies consist of different spheres of social life that are distinguished by a main good or cluster of goods internal to those spheres.
2 days ago · The words of the old African-American spiritual come irresistibly to mind when reading Princeton University Professor Michael Walzer's book Exodus and Revolution. Despite the title and focus of his work, Walzer is not a professor of Biblical criticism or theology, rather he is a social historian who is intent upon examining the ways the ...
3 days ago · Definitional issues. These and other questions transform what initially appears to be a straightforward statement of human aspiration into a set of highly complex quandaries – into what political philosopher Michael Walzer describes as a ‘thick’ versus a ‘thin’ moral term.
4 days ago · Presents essays covering the history of the French Revolution, covering important figures of the era, historical events, a selection of primary documents, and an annotated bibliography.
5 days ago · Bourgeois revolution is motivated by, and eventuates in, a settlement that seeks to discipline the state via constitutionalism and the enveloping fiscal mesh that connects government, national debt, and capitalist markets.
5 days ago · The Oxford Handbook of the French Revolution. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2015, ISBN: 9780199639748; 704pp.; Price: £95.00. The historiography of the French Revolution is a diverse and ever expanding field. It is an eminently useful idea to produce a guide to it, though not one Oxford University Press is alone in having.
4 days ago · What is involved is the very important question of the relation between Marxism (communism) as a science and its character of being partisan to the cause of the revolution that represents the fundamental interests of the proletariat.
